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an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin

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  • On lentisk leaves; or lie them down, ripe strawberries o'er their head.
  • And she led him to a tall plane tree, beneath whose shade grew arbutus, and lentisk, and purple heather bushes.
  • Round about her were huddled the drowsy boys; on the slopes of the steep place where she lay she could see the goats browsing on lentisk and juniper, acanthus, bramble,...
  • Barely a few dwarf plants could now be noticed, like those on the wild heaths of Scotland; then came the first tract of grayish sand and flint, with here and there a...
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